Richard Kinley

Richard Kinley and Quincy Riley celebrate during the game against Boston College at Alumni Stadium on October 25, 2024.

Photo by: Rachel Klotz | Louisville Athletics

Height:
6-3
Weight:
235
Position:
DL
Class:
Redshirt Senior
Hometown:
Memphis, Tenn.
High School:
Lausanne Collegiate School
Prev School:
Middle Tennessee

Before Louisville: Played in 40 games with 19 starts in five seasons at Middle Tennessee ... recorded 82 career tackles and 15.0 tackles for loss ... credited with 6.5 career sacks. played in nine games and earned five starts in 2023 ... finished the year with 20 tackles, including 6.5 TFLs, 3.0 sacks, three pass breakups, three hurries and a fumble recovery ... was the team’s Defensive Player of the Game twice ... averaged 48 snaps played per game ... returned against Jax State and had five tackles, including 2.5 TFLs, a sack and two pass breakups ... hauled in a fumble against FIU and returned it 23 yards for a touchdown ... credited with four tackles, including 2.0 TFLs and a sack in win over UTEP ... turned in three solos tackles to go with a TFL and a pass breakup at Sam Houston ... played in six games in 2022 ... ended the season with six tackles, including a TFL and a hurry ... missed seven games with an injury ... collected three tackles in bowl win over SDSU ... had three tackles, including a sack in win over LA Tech ... appeared in all 13 games as a redshirt freshman in 2021 ... started in all 13 games ... ended the season with 32 tackles, including 3.5 TFLs, 1.5 sacks, 11 hurries and a fumble recovery ... was second among linemen with 688 snaps played while grading out a winner 12 times ... recovered a fumble in win over Monmouth ... credited with five tackles and a hurry at Virginia Tech ... added five stops and a hurry at UTSA ... earned the team’s defensive lineman of the week award following the Charlotte game ... recorded four tackles, including 1.5 TFLs at Liberty ... had three tackles, including a sack in win over UConn ... collected three hurries and a pass breakup in win over USM ... played in eight games and had one start in 2020 ... finished year with 21 total tackles, including 4.0 TFLS, 2.0 sacks and two hurries ... averaged 35 snaps per game and graded out a winner five times ... credited with four tackles, including a sack and 1.5 TFLs in win over Rice ... earned his first collegiate start at Marshall and had seven stops, 0.5 TFLs and a hurry ... played in four games in 2019 ... ended year with three total tackles ... turned in two solo tackles against Duke ... missed time in middle of season with an injury ... was redshirted ...lettered in football at Lausanne High School ... earned all-state, all-region and all-district honors in 2018 ...registered 15.5 sacks in three seasons at Lausanne

Personal: Richard Sherman Kinley II ... son of Richard and Candace Kinley ... born: 2/1/01 ... father played at Middle Tennessee from 1987-90 … brother Cameron played at the Naval Academy from 2017-20.